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Bug #25851 empty string evaluation
Submitted: 2003-10-13 08:56 UTC Modified: 2003-10-13 11:34 UTC
From: fabio dot sutto at libero dot it Assigned:
Status: Not a bug Package: Variables related
PHP Version: 4.3.3 OS: Win
Private report: No CVE-ID: None
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 [2003-10-13 08:56 UTC] fabio dot sutto at libero dot it 
Description:
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Comparison operator "===" doesn't work as it should


while (!feof ($this->link)) {
			
	$line = fgets($this->link, 4096)  ;

var_dump($line) ; //output string(1) " "


/*
'' is identical to false inside if
*/
if($line === false){
			                   			var_dump($line) ; //output bool(false)

}

}//end while

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 [2003-10-13 10:07 UTC] tony2001 at phpclub dot net 
Have you tried this code:
<?php
$line = ' ';
var_dump($line === false);
?>
?

I can't reproduce it under PHP5-CVS & PHP4-CVS.
 [2003-10-13 11:34 UTC] sniper@php.net 
It works just fine, you're just doing something wrong.
 
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